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Mitch Widmeier
Mitch Widmeier covers the Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Timberwolves for Zone Coverage. Before arriving in Minneapolis, Mitch was the Sports Director at KATE 1450 AM in Albert Lea and later hopped aboard with iHeartRadio in Des Moines. Mitch also streams a sports talk show on Twitch three days a week. Follow him at twitch.tv/honey_dubs on Twitch and @m_widmeier on Twitter.
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Green Bay Packers
3 Second-Year Players Who Need A Bigger Workload Next Year
By Mitch Widmeier - Apr 9, 2021
With the 2021 NFL Draft rapidly approaching, the Green Bay Packers will try to hammer home some picks that make an immediate impact this year to stay […]
Green Bay Packers
Who Cares About Need? Here’s Who the Packers Should Pick Round 1
By Mitch Widmeier - Apr 7, 2021
The eternal debate rages: Should a team draft for positions of need or take the best player available? The Green Bay Packers certainly didn’t draft for need […]
Timberwolves
ESPN Shortchanges Ant On Their Top 25 Under 25 List
By Mitch Widmeier - Apr 7, 2021
ESPN came out with its annual “Top 25 under 25” players in the NBA list ($) on Tuesday. Usually, these lists always get chopped apart and ridiculed. […]
Green Bay Packers
What Position of Need Can the Packers Afford to Wait On In the Draft?
By Mitch Widmeier - Apr 6, 2021
The Green Bay Packers need to hit early on some instant-impact players in the NFL Draft with their first couple of selections. There are needs across the […]
Green Bay Packers
If the Packers Are Really All-In, They Should Trade Up
By Mitch Widmeier - Apr 2, 2021
This offseason has given everyone a glimpse into the route the Green Bay Packers are taking for 2021 and beyond. So far they’ve been able to re-sign […]
Green Bay Packers
Mark Murphy Says A Lot By Saying Nothing At All
By Mitch Widmeier - Mar 31, 2021
“Why aren’t the Packers restructuring Aaron Rodgers‘ contract?” “What if they don’t restructure Rodgers?” “Could this be Rodgers’ last year in Green Bay?” These questions have continued […]
Timberwolves
What Sort Of Sample Size Do the Wolves Need To See From the Full Unit?
By Mitch Widmeier - Mar 31, 2021
The clock continues to tick on the Minnesota Timberwolves getting their core unit on the court together, and now Chris Finch says that he doesn’t expect D’Angelo […]
Green Bay Packers
Examining the Packers’ Worst-Case Scenario In 2021
By Mitch Widmeier - Mar 29, 2021
The Green Bay Packers weren’t able to do much in free agency thanks to the one-two punch of their salary-cap squeeze and their unwillingness to restructure Aaron […]
Green Bay Packers
Ranking the Packers Offseason Moves So Far
By Mitch Widmeier - Mar 26, 2021
The Green Bay Packers have done nothing outside of bringing back familiar names to the roster so far this offseason. That’s unless you mention the signing of […]
Green Bay Packers
Are the Packers Good Enough to Simply “Run It Back?”
By Mitch Widmeier - Mar 24, 2021
The Green Bay Packers haven’t done much this offseason, in large part because they don’t have any cap space. Their two biggest moves so far were bringing […]
Timberwolves
Could the Wolves Shut KAT Down?
By Mitch Widmeier - Mar 24, 2021
Karl-Anthony Towns notched another dominant performance against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday (33 points, 10 rebounds), but he mentioned his nagging wrist injury in the postgame […]
Green Bay Packers
3 Free Agents the Packers Should Target
By Mitch Widmeier - Mar 22, 2021
The big wave of free-agent signings has come and gone. Kenny Golladay signed with the New York Giants. Will Fuller made his way to Miami. Joe Thuney […]